Collaborations

Watching a bonfire, open hearth or firepit is mesmerising, hypnotic, intoxicating, and transfixing. There is so much to understand about this simple but fundamental chemical combustion. Fire can destroy and allow regrowth when used appropriately. Fire has many ritualistic connotations, such as lighting votive candles. Fire is an example of plasma, one of the four fundamental states of...

Together We Rise comprises over 30 artworks by Royal Society of Sculptors members, presented within Chichester Cathedral. The work responds to the artists’ experience of the pandemic, their resilience, sense of community and collective hope. The exhibition opened at Chichester Cathedral on 27th June and runs until 6th September 2022 During this challenging period, a group of...

Film – David Bird, soundtrack – Joan Tower No Woman is an Island runs until 30th June 2022. No Woman is an Island is a curated collection of works by seven award-winning female artists: Cath Bloomfield, Phoebe Cummings, Nicky Knowles RWA, Debbie Lee, Rebecca Newnham FRSS, Sarah Purvey and Patricia Volk RWA FRSS.  The Exhibition I am delighted to be...

No Woman is an Island is a curated collection of works by seven award-winning women artists: Cath Bloomfield, Phoebe Cummings, Nicky Knowles RWA, Debbie Lee, Rebecca Newnham FRSS, Sarah Purvey and Patricia Volk RWA FRSS.  I am delighted to be included in this exhibition, curated by Jacquiline Creswell, at the Vanner Gallery, which brings together mid-career women artists in...

Together We Rise comprises over 25 artworks by Royal Society of Sculptors members, presented within Chichester Cathedral. The work responds to the artists’ experience of the pandemic, their resilience, sense of community and collective hope The exhibition will open at Chichester Cathedral on 27th June, and runs until 6th September 2022 During this challenging period, a group of...

Surge I was recently invited to attend an event hosted by Carole Bent, a creative catalyst and Bill Cotton from the BCP council. The event bought together 8 local creatives and considered the values of art in the school curriculum, and was held at Talbot Heath school. Led by Head Teacher Angharad Holloway, Talbot Heath already pioneers STEM education and has recently built a STEAM hub; a...

Allusion uniquely combines dance, film and glass sculpture and is the result of a creative collaboration between Rebecca Newnham and Lizzie Sykes. It consists of a site-specific dance film projected through and onto a curved sculptural glass screen. The glass sculpture was made to reflect the film, and its...